Atharva Veda 18.2.52 - Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 52

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Atharva Veda 18.2.52: Kanda 18, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 2, Mantra 52

Sukta 2

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒भि त्वो॑र्णोमि पृथि॒व्या मा॒तुर्वस्त्रे॑ण भ॒द्रया॑ । जी॒वेषु॑ भ॒द्रं तन्मयि॑ स्व॒धा पि॒तृषु॒ सा त्वयि॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 18.2.52

IAST Transliteration

abhí tvā́ ūrṇomi pṛthivyā́ mātúr vástreṇa bhadráyā | jīvéṣu bhadráṃ tán máyī svadhā́ pitṛ́ṣu sā́ tváyi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Over thee I wrap the kindly garment of Earth the Mother. Among the living be welfare—let that be in me; among the Fathers be svadhā—let that be in thee.

Translation

Nad tobą okrywam łaskawą szatą Ziemi-Matki. Pośród żywych bądź pomyślność, niech ona będzie we mnie; pośród Ojców bądź svadhā, niech ona będzie w tobie.

Word by Word

अभिtowards, over

त्वाyou (acc. sg.)

उर्णोमिI cover, I wrap

पृथिव्याःof the Earth

मातुःof the mother

वस्त्रेणwith a cloth/garment

भद्रयाauspicious, благ (as: with an auspicious [cloth])

जीवेषुamong the living

भद्रम्good, welfare, auspiciousness

तत्that

मयिin me

स्वधाsvadhā (oblation-formula for the Fathers)

पितृषुamong the Fathers/ancestors

साshe/that (fem.)

त्वयिin you

Attribution

Rishi: AV 18 funerary tradition (r̥ṣi per Anukramaṇī varies).

Devata: Pṛthivī (Earth) and Pitaraḥ (by svadhā-allocation)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna

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